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The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for October, released this morning, jumped 6.2% year-over-year (not-seasonally-adjusted), up from 6.1% in September. The index has now surpassed by 6.0% the crazy peak in July 2006 of Housing Bubble 1 and is up 46% from the trough of Housing Bust 1:

The annual list of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes is compiled by Altos Research, which looks at median home price data for more than 29,500 ZIPs covering 95% of the U.S. population. Here we highlight the 20 priciest postal codes. 94027ATHERTON CA Median Price: $9,686,154 Days on Market: 190 Inventory: 27 2016

Although December’s job report numbers disappointed experts’ expectations, many explained that the end-of-year increase in construction jobs is just what the housing market needed. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 148,000 in December, the report showed. This is down from November’s upwardly revised increase of 252,000 jobs. This number is far below

Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process — that provides a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such as President Donald Trump. The change, which would allow real estate businesses to take advantage of a new tax

Investor confidence soared after the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump, sending the U.S. stock market on a tear that would last a full year. It also made housing more expensive. That is because when the stock market rallies, the bond market usually sells off, and bond yields rise. Mortgage rates

Real estate continues to fuel gains for Blackstone Group LP, which reported a jump in third-quarter profit that exceeded all analysts’ estimates. The shares rose. Economic net income, a measure of earnings that reflects both realized and unrealized investment gains, was $834.3 million, or 69 cents a share, compared with

Home price gains are accelerating again, and in some cities those values are overheating. Four of the nation’s largest cities are now considered overvalued, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in Denver, Houston, Miami and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area now exceed sustainable levels. To determine if a market is overvalued,

Buying an investment property in a good neighborhood doesn’t have to mean sacrificing high investment returns — if you know where to look and are willing to look outside your backyard. Among more than 1,000 U.S. zip codes with an A rating in the first-ever ATTOM Data Solutions Neighborhood Housing

Three years ago, the nation’s four largest operators of single-family rental homes joined together to form the National Rental Home Council, a trade group that focused on increasing education about the professionally managed single-family rental industry and advocating for the benefits of the rental market. The founding members of the

Canadian home sales fell the most in five years last month. That didn’t stop an increase in prices, which were up 18 percent nationwide from a year earlier. When you consider that most houses are leveraged assets, this represents huge gains for homeowners. While leverage can help boost performance on

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